Word: conventioners
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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The Mondale controversy began during last spring's Democratic primaries. Colorado Senator Gary Hart, Mondale's closest rival for the nomination, accused his opponent of using "delegate committees" to pump money illegally into his campaign. The 130 groups, organized by local supporters seeking to become convention delegates, claimed...
Humana prepared for its first artificial implant with a promotion campaign as elaborate as one that General Motors might use for launching a new model. Before the Schroeder operation, Humana public relations specialists consulted with officials at the University of Utah on the press interest that might be expected. The...
As a naturalist drama which explores individual loneliness in the context of class and convention, Miss Julie is a moving, if at times predictable, piece of drama. Yet because the cast and director bring out the play's moral ambiguities on a small, moderated scale, they manage to overcome virtually...
Levesque felt he was adapting to reality: voters rejected separatism in a 1980 referendum, and polls show that only a small minority favor it now. Faced with sagging popularity, 12.9% unemployment and one of the highest tax rates in Canada, he wanted to prepare for the provincial elections that must...
The killing of the whales might have been expected to provoke a quick response from the U.S. The Packwood-Magnuson amendment to the 1976 Fishery Conservation and Management Act requires Washington to punish those countries that "diminish the effectiveness" of the international convention for the regulation of whaling. It can...